Science & Tech

Science & Tech

Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.

Voyager 1
In all of human history, only 5 spacecraft have had the right trajectory to exit the Solar System. Will they ever catch Voyager 1?
Credit: CNSA
Data from the Zhurong rover suggests the Red Planet was wet more recently than we thought.
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
crystallization
Crystallization is an entirely random process, so scientists have developed clever ways to investigate it at a molecular level.
mars sound
The high pitches from the flute and the harp would reach your ears before the notes from the tuba and the cello.
black hole spacetime
Everything is made of matter, not antimatter, including black holes. If antimatter black holes existed, what would they do?
population latitude
In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”
advanced civilization
Do the laws of physics place a hard limit on how far technology can advance, or can we re-write those laws?
blue sky
The sky is blue. The oceans are blue. While science can explain them both, the reasons for each are entirely different.
financial bullshit
"A cheap loan is beyond all new destiny." Does that mean anything to you?
taboo science
Science has come a long way since Mary Shelley penned "Frankenstein." But we still grapple with the same questions.
runaway black hole
At four million solar masses, the Milky Way's supermassive black hole is quite small for a galaxy its size. Did we lose the original?
gene editing alcoholism
An experiment in rats suggests that gene editing may be a treatment for anxiety and alcoholism in adults who were exposed to binge-drinking in their adolescence.
A recent advance in 3D imaging techniques helped spark the biggest ever discovery of North American cave art.
Time isn't the same for everyone, even on Earth. Flying around the world gave Einstein the ultimate test. No one is immune from relativity.
Cold War meets Star Wars in this cut-away of a 1950 “rubber bubble,” the first line of defense against nuclear sneak attack.
hoarding
Hoarders know their habits are abnormal, and yet they cannot help themselves. Maybe you can help them.